Second Battle of Ypres/battle of St Julien 24 April - 5 May

Famous quotes containing the words april, ypres and/or battle:

    “From land to land; and in my breast
    Spring wakens too; and my regret
    Becomes an April violet,
    And buds and blossoms like the rest.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “A good wif was ther ofbiside bathe,
    But she was somde, deef, and that was scathe.
    Of clooth makyng the hadde swich an haunt,
    She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)